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A brief history of how China came into the rule of the Kuomintang‚ and the rising of the Communist Party of China‚ is needed in order to understand the event of the Northern Expedition/KMT-CPC split. Most importantly‚ a history of several of the contributions made by famous commanders and warlords will be discussed. Beginning with the outbreak of revolution on October 10‚ 1911‚ also known as the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing Dynasty‚ the establishment of the Republic of China was developed (Payne
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Notes: Russian Revolution March Revolution 1917 1917 protests spread through St. Petersbug and the Royal palace is taken over Czar abdicates Provisional government (Duma) takes control lead by Alexander Kerensky Provisional government unpopular after decision to stay in WWI Marx wrote that a communist revolution can only occur in advanced capitalist system. Russia in 1917 had a feudal economy How could revolution occur there? Through a radical party of intellectuals to lead the workers
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History Revolutions Exam Notes: RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Emily Spiezia UNIT 3 & 4 2012 Emily Spiezia 12Green 2012 Exam Notes LIFE UNDER TSARISM • "The Russian working class is burdened by a double yoke; it is....... robbed by the capitalists and landlords‚ and to prevent
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Plan of investigation This investigation seeks to evaluate the extend of the success of Stalin’s collectivization in Russia during 1928 and 1940.Collectivization was one of the most important economic policies introduced in Russia because it can be described and evaluated from different angles‚ economic growth on the one hand‚and the social cost of the policy‚on the other. The main body of this investigation outlines Stalin’s aims‚ when and how the policy was implemented and whether it was a successful
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Stalin’s Great Purges of 1932-1939 "Can Stalin be linked to the Purges beyond doubt?" Abstract For my Extended Essay‚ my research question is‚ Can Stalin be linked to the Great Purges beyond doubt?". There is a lot of evidence supporting that he was responsible for the purges. By using several different sources I investigated each purge individually. The three purges include the chitska‚ the show trials‚ and the overall mass terror. For each purge I explain how he was related to them‚ his
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than Vladimir Lenin who managed to set the foundations of the USSR after overthrowing Tsar Nicholas II in November of 1917‚ and finally establishing a Soviet government in 1922. After asserting himself as the “Chairman of the Council of People ’s Commissars of the Soviet Union”‚ Lenin began planning and implementing new policies and ideas that would affect the USSR‚ alter and influence the rest of the world even after he passed away. McCauley (1993)
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Dossier informing the Queen of Russia’s situation in 1850: A brief potted history of Russian dynastic history over the past 1‚000 including key events and people- Year Date Event 1707 8 October Bulavin Rebellion: A small band of Don Cossacks killed a Muscovite noble searching their territory for tax fugitives. 1708 7 July Bulavin Rebellion: After a series of devastating military reversals‚ Bulavin was shot by his former followers. 18 December An imperial decree divided Muscovy into
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Leadership of Mao Zedong RXE Chen Qianqian 3011521 November 4‚ 2010 Content Abstract …………………………………………3 Introduction………………………………………4 Biography Family ……………………………………5 Education – Self-study……………………5 Revolutionary road Into the party’s central power………6 Conquest Kuomintang………………7 Rebuild China………………………8 Leadership
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The Holodomor: An Attack on Ukrainian Nationalism The Holodomor: An Attack on Ukrainian Nationalism This year‚ 2013‚ marks the 81st anniversary of the most devastating event in Ukrainian history—the Holodomor‚ or the government induced famine of 1932-1933. Historian Robert Conquest uses Soviet census data to arrive at a death toll of around 5 million people throughout Ukraine and another 6.5 million deaths during dekulakisation—the
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